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Monthly Newsletter for Orthopaedic Professionals

Upcoming Live CME Program

Bobby Menges Memorial Limb Deformity Course: An Introduction to Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Surgery

February 2, 2019
Onsite Course Featuring Hands-on Labs
HSS Main Campus.

Experts in alignment, acute coronal plane deformity correction, hexapod-assisted deformity correction, and internal lengthening compression nail-assisted deformity correction will use didactics, case presentations and discussions, and hands-on sawbones labs to share their knowledge of available techniques.

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Upcoming Visiting Professor Lecture

Bonnie Reichman, MD, Honorary Lecture in Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction

February 1, 2019 | HSS Main Campus
Complex Limb Deformity Reconstruction About the Foot & Ankle
Douglas Beaman, MD
Legacy Emanuel Hospital
Portland, OR

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Test Your Knowledge

What's the Diagnosis

Eric Bogner, MD

5-day-old baby with noted left leg deformity.

Ultrasound of the Month

Yoshimi Endo, MD

40-year-old man with recent tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with failure of the arthrodesis and progressive swelling in the anterior aspect of the ankle.

HSS Journal^®

The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery

Volume 14, Issue 3, October 2018

Online First: From the February 2019 Special Issue on Opioid Prescribing and Pain Management

Systemic Complications and Radiographic Findings of Opioid Use and Misuse: An Overview for Orthopedic Surgeons
Harry G. Greditzer IV, MD; Dustin H. Massel, MD; Carlos M. Barrera, BS; Nisreen S. Ezuddin, MD; Christopher P. Emerson, MS; Jean Jose, DO, MS

Call for Manuscripts

Rehabilitation: An Essential Component of Care in Musculoskeletal Health
Deadline for submission: January 15, 2019

HSS eAcademy^®

Earn CME credit and access didactic lectures, surgical videos, conversations with experts, and more. HSS eAcademy has curated one of the largest portfolios of on-demand musculoskeletal content with a collection of over 600 offerings reaching participants across the globe in over 130 countries.

New On-demand CME Modules

Latest Research & News

HealthWatch: Ankle Replacement Has Made Serious Strides
Featuring Jonathan T. Deland, MD
CBS New York

HSS CEO: We Owe Parents Awareness on Sports Health Risks, Benefits
Featuring Louis A. Shapiro
The Aspen Institute

Crowdsourcing Health Care: Is the Customer Always Right?
Featuring Bradford S. Waddell, MD; Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA
Healio Rheumatology

HSS 2018 Annual Holiday Knee & Hip Course on LinkedIn

Congratulations to Elizabeth B. Gausden, MD, MPH, who received the Richard S. Laskin, MD, Research Award. Dr. Gausden was awarded for her research entitled, “Periprosthetic Fractures of the Femur Following Total Hip Arthroplasty: A 10-year Review of A Single Institution's Experience.”

Keynote speaker emergency medicine physician Sergey M. Motov, MD, FAAEM, of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY gave his presentation on avoiding narcotics in acute and post-operative care.

@HSSProfEd

Physicians, sonographers, & allied health clinicians at the HSS Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course learned how to assess a variety of musculoskeletal conditions & implement an array of procedures & interventions using #ultrasound guidance during a hands-on, interactive experience.

The annual HSS-Peking University (PKU) – Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMC) Arthroplasty and Spine Symposium took place last month in Beijing, China. #orthopaedic #spine #HSSGlobal

Resources for Your Patients

Swaddle with Care to Protect a Baby’s Tiny Hips
Featuring Emily R. Dodwell, MD, MPH, FRCSC
RadioMD

Is Your Job to Blame for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Featuring Daniel A. Osei, MD, MSc
U.S. News

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